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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" (www.motherjones.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Cool...

This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

sounds like a good reason to target any helicopters flying overhead with green lasers.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

And now the DEA's got a chopper in the air,

I wake up screamin' like I'm back over there,

I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know?

You better stay away from Copperhead Road.

[–] bendovertherainbow@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

Someone I know is a military pilot. The green lasers were especially rough, because the light would get spread through the entire cockpit getting split up by the windshield, and even worse when he was flying with nightvision.

..... do with this information what you will.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Think a drone could get up above it and drop something into the propeller?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Drop it on the tail prop so they start spinning and get hella dizza and throw up.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I would be shocked if they aren't equipped with puke bags for such an event and then your plan is foiled.

[–] tamman2000@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I used helicopters a lot when I was on mountain rescue.

I never saw an air sick bag

[–] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's just impolite.